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Nagasaki Prefecture is located in western Kyūshū with a territory consisting of many mainland peninsulas centered around Ōmura Bay, as well as islands and archipelagos including Tsushima and Iki in the Korea Strait and the Gotō Islands in the East China Sea.
Nagasaki, officially known as Nagasaki City, is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Founded by the Portuguese, the port of Nagasaki became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries.
Aug 31, 2024 · Nagasaki, capital and largest city of Nagasaki prefecture, western Kyushu, Japan, at the mouth of the Urakami-gawa (Urakami River) where it empties into Nagasaki-ko (Nagasaki Harbor). On August 9, 1945, it was the target for the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States during World War II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nagasaki, ken (prefecture), northwestern Kyushu, Japan, facing the East China Sea. It includes the islands of Tsushima, Iki, and Hirado and those of the Gotō archipelago. The city of Nagasaki is the prefectural capital. The prefecture has an irregular shape, with the rounded Shimabara Peninsula.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nagasaki. Type: Province with 1,310,000 residents. Description: prefecture of Japan. Neighbors: Saga. Categories: prefecture of Japan and locality. Location: Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude of center. 33.1155° or 33° 6' 56" north.
Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎, Hepburn: Nagasaki) (IPA: [naɡaꜜsaki] ⓘ; lit. "Long Cape") , officially known as Nagasaki City ( 長崎市 , Nagasaki-shi ), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan .
The capital city of Nagasaki prefecture is Nagasaki. Nagasaki prefecture spans an area of 4,130 square kilometers. Here you can see an interactive Open Street map which shows the exact location of Nagasaki prefecture. To zoom in or out and see the surrounding area, use the buttons shown on the map. To see the surrounding objects, drag the map ...
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